NEWS
Samuelson leaves
CinemaNX
Marc Samuelson has left UK and Isle of Man-based distribution, financing and production outfit CinemaNX after five years as a partner, to set up his own production company. He revealed that he and chairman Steve Christian had decided to “re-organise”, with CinemaNX continuing to concentrate on financing, co-financing and distribution. Samuelson is in the process of
setting up his new outfit, and has already come on board as a co-producer with Rory Gilmartin and Joe Abrams of Brilliant Films on Crooked House, a Julian Fellowes script to be directed by Neil LaBute. He is also co-producing All Our
Christmases with Polly Leys and Kate Norrish of Hillbilly Films. CinemaNX acquisition and
development head Josie Law is leaving to join Samuelson’s firm. Sarah Cooper
China Film Group goes large
BY LIZ SHACKLETON China Film Group Corporation has announced it will start rolling out its China Film Giant Screen (CFGS) technology this year, start- ing with 15 screens in cinemas in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu and other Chinese cities. China’s proprietary large-screen
technology, co-developed by China Film Group Corp and the China Research Institute of Film Science and Technology, is capable of delivering 2D and 3D screenings.
Ip Man moves into 3D
BY LIZ SHACKLETON Hong Kong’s Pegasus Motion Pic- tures is introducing the third part of its hit Ip Man franchise, which will shoot in 3D. The project, which has an esti-
mated budget of $36m, will again star Donnie Yen as the eponymous kung-fu master who trained Bruce Lee (who is also the focus of Wong Kar Wai’s upcoming The Grand- masters). Wilson Yip, director of the fi rst two fi lms, will again direct. Yip will be travelling to the US and Europe to scout for 3D techni-
cians and expertise to shoot the film, as well as exploring Asia, where 3D production standards are improving. He hopes to start production in December for release at the end of 2013. Again scripted by Edmond
Wong, the third instalment will focus on Ip Man’s relationship with Bruce Lee as an adult until his untimely death and will have a positive message. The producers have started the
search for an actor with kung-fu skills to play the adult Bruce Lee.
Bankside ventures into worldwide Wasteland
BY WENDY MITCHELL Bankside Films has taken world- wide sales rights to Wasteland, the debut feature from Rowan Athale, a 2011 Screen International Star of Tomorrow. Luke Treadaway, Iwan Rheon,
Matthew Lewis and Gerard Kearns star as a group of friends from a northern council estate who hatch an illegal plan to better their lives. The cast also features Timothy Spall and Vanessa Kirby. The fi lm recently completed its shoot in Leeds and will be readied
Producers are Gareth Pritchard
of Mischief Films with Mark Foli- gno of MoliFilms and Ed Barratt of Hook Pictures. Financiers include MoliFilms, Bankside Films and LipSync. Executive producers are Phil
Luke Treadaway in Wasteland
for an autumn festival premiere. Bankside is showing a promo reel to buyers here.
Hunt, Compton Ross, Norman Merry, Peter Hampden, Brad Moore and Iain Richardson. Bankside’s Stephen Kelliher
said: “We are delighted to be involved with a heist movie which has something fresh, new and exciting to say.”
Felicity Jones plays Charles Dickens’ mistress Nelly Ternan in The Invisible Woman, seen here in an exclusive first image from the film. Ralph Fiennes plays the author, Dickens, and also directs his second feature after Coriolanus. The film shoots in the UK and WestEnd Films handles international sales. » See feature, p28
Colin Brown joins Slated
BY MIKE GOODRIDGE International fi lm journalist Colin Brown, a former editor of Screen International, has joined New York-based Slated in the newly created position of editorial direc- tor. He reports directly to Duncan Cork, CEO and co-founder of the company, a private marketplace for accredited investors to track and back indie projects online. Brown will oversee the creation
of informational resources that help investors navigate the intrica-
Colin Brown
cies of the global fi lm industry. He will also act as a strategic adviser in Slated’s international expansion plans, working alongside a team that includes head of industry rela- tions Susan Wrubel. Since leaving Screen, Brown has been contribut- ing editor to CNBC Business.
Arri travels to Link’s
Marrakech German outfit Arri Worldsales will handle international sales on Exit Marrakech, the latest feature from Oscar-winning German director Caroline Link (Nowhere In Africa). The film, currently shooting,
sees Link return to Africa. The cast is headlined by Ulrich Tukur (The White Ribbon), Samuel Schneider (Boxhagener Platz) and Hafsia Herzi. Producers are Peter Herrmann, Ute Kramer (Desert Flower Filmproduktion) and Antonio Exacoustos (BA Produktion). The story focuses on the
reserved relationship that exists between 17-year-old Ben and his theatre-director father, Heinrich, who travel together to Morocco. When the pair end up in a life-threatening situation, it is their last chance to unite as a family.
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